This film:
1. The first 20 minutes are a bit inexplicable. The narrative does not matter the audience's sense of substitution. (You can compare Wong Kar-wai's various narrations and inner monologues)
2. The shooting style is very simple, and it feels like it was shot with an ordinary camera. Visually similar to the feeling of a TV series.
3. The soundtrack of the very exquisite and beautiful Hisaishi Jo, a lot of extra points.
4. The dialogue is very simple, but unexpected.
5. The basic facial expressions of the characters are paralyzed, and many scenes seem to be posing for photos.
6. The part playing dormant on the island is very funny.
Kitano's film is very cross talk. Burden, cold joke. It was dull, then suddenly broke out, and quickly ended. Various unexpected follow-ups (whether it is a dialogue or a plot). And that kind of kid-like spoof.
Both he and Quentin were self-taught to make movies. But two people have their own styles. It can be said that everyone will have a personal style in filming.
The stylization can finally be broken down into some elements.
For example, 1-6 above.
In Quentin, the rap character is his style.
The style is of course a personal preference. But it's not just personal preference.
Kitano certainly didn't like Wong Kar-wai's narration, nor Quentin's rap. He does what he likes, which forms his style.
But the reverse is not true.
For example, I watched a film by an independent director, shooting all kinds of life in Shanghai. It's a bit of Kijeslovsky's "Ten Commandments".
There was an old man inside, quite ordinary, who was going to be hospitalized when he fell ill. He is going to take the book "Cancer Building" to the hospital.
Several of us in the audience feel that this book is not a book that the old man in the play would read.
The director said: Because this is my favorite book.
Andy Warhol said: The important thing is to find your own style and stick to it.
It can be seen that Kitano's style has taken a step further in the later "Fireworks".
But in the relatively recent film "Achilles and the Tortoise", he seems to have lost the appealing charm.
Guess it might be difficult for a stylized director to seek change.
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